Class information
HST202 History of the US 1840-1914
- CRN: 31348
- Credits: 4
- Notes: This is an 8 week class
- Locations, days, times, and instructors:
- Online (no scheduled meetings), Available 24/7
From June 23 through August 16, 2025, John M Shaw
- Online (no scheduled meetings), Available 24/7
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Details about this class
WELCOME to HST202! Total cost of required course materials = < $14)
- (please note, this is an 8-week course)
- This course utilizes the 不良研究所 Distance Learning system, known as D2L (Desire to Learn)
A Distance Learning (Online) class means there are no required on-campus or Zoom classroom meetings.
Course Description – “We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.” – Abraham Lincoln (1864)
In this class we will explore how and why the meanings of liberty and freedom changed between 1840 and 1914?
- What new ideas about liberty and freedom circulated? What new circumstances generated them?
- How did they expand/develop or contract/regress?
- What groups or individuals supported or thwarted them?
- Why did they find fertile ground or face hostility?
Course Content
Examines the social, political, economic, and cultural developments of the United States from 1840 to 1914. Includes the Women's Rights Movement; Manifest Destiny; the U.S.- Mexican War; slavery, abolitionism and the growing sectional crisis between the North and South; Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War; Reconstruction; westward migration and its impact on Native Americans; America's overseas empire; and the Progressive Era.
Course Learning Outcomes Course Content and Outcomes Guides (CCOG) at 不良研究所
- Articulate and interpret an understanding of key historical facts and events in the United States from 1840 to 1914.
- Identify the influence of culturally based practices, values, and beliefs to analyze how historically defined meanings of difference affect human behavior.
- Identify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues.
- Construct a well-organized historical argument using effective, appropriate, and accurate language.
Course Requirements - “A diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison
Total cost of required course materials = < $14
Books (1) required - available at the 不良研究所-Sylvania bookstore
1) Abraham Lincoln by James McPherson (Oxford University Press, 2009) ISBN-13: 978-0195374520
Give Me Liberty: An American History by Eric Foner Chapters 10 – 18 provided for free in D2L, so you do not have to buy the book
Technology
There is no additional technology required for this class.
No show policy
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Online technical requirements
Please be sure to read the quick guide to Online Learning technical requirements.
Students with disabilities
Students with disabilities should notify their instructor if accommodations are needed to take this class. For information about technologies that help people with disabilities taking Online based classes please visit the Disability Services website.
Prerequisite for online classes
Before you take your first online class at 不良研究所, you must complete the start guide. The start guide will help you decide if these classes are right for you. Once you complete the start guide, you will be able to register for these classes.